Rail anchor



June 3 1924.

. H. E. ANDERSON RAIL ANCHOR Patented June 3, 11924;v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. N

HARLEY E. ANBERSON, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR,` BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 W. H. MINER, INC., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

RAIL ANCHOR.

Application filed October 9, 1922. Serial No. 593,458.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARLEY E. ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Rail Anchors, of `which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail anchors..

The object of my invention is to provide an efficient rail anchor of simple constructionwhich operates to tightly clamp the rail and positively prevent relative creeping of the rail and tie. v

A still further. and more specific object v of my invention is to provide a rail anchor composed of three members, so arranged as to tightly interlock andpositively clamp the rail.. Other objects Vof the invention will more clearly appear from the description hereinafter following.

view through a rail, showing applied thereto, in elevation, a rail anchor embodying my improvements. Figure 2 is a side elevation looking from the left in Figure 1, showing .a tie in section and illustrating the relative position of the tie, rail anchor and rail. 1 Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially 'on the line 3 3 of Figure 1. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the combined hook and wedge member. And Figure 5 is a perspective view of the heel block.

In said drawing, 10 indicates a rail of the usual type comprising a rail head 1-1, a. vertically extending- `web 12 and a base member 13 having my improved rail anchor 'clamped thereto.

I My improved rail anchor comprises, broadly, a cross piece A, a wedge B and a heel block C. The cross piece A consists of a horizontal bar portion 14 having angularly projectingilanges 14', said cross piece contacting with the-lower face of the rail base 13 and having a hooked member 15 at one endl engaging the vupper `surface and the v outer edge of the rail base.` The opposite end of the cross piece A is provided with a recess 16 extending therethrough,said recess In the drawing forming a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional having a downwardly inclined wall 17 vadapted to coact with the wedge B.

The wedge B is of angular construction comprisinganupper engaging jaw .18 and a downwardly tapering shank 19 coacting posite said face 23 cut away, as shown 'at 24. A T-shaped slot 25 is provided in the upper side of the heel block C adapted to receive the lugs 21 of the wedge, the upper longitudinal walls of the slot coacting with the wedge faces 22 to pull the wedge B downwardly, thereby :forcing the jaw 18 into intimatel contact with the rail base and pulling the hook 15 toward the wedge B.

In applying my improved rail anchor to a rail,'the hook end 15 of the cross piece lA is- Vfirst engaged with one edge of the rail base. The wedge B is then forciblydriven into the. opening 16, thereby ,forcing the hook 15 and the jaw 18 toward each other due to the wedging action of the coacting faces of the wedge and thecross piece thereby tightly clamping the rail. The heel block C is then driven onto the lugs 21 at the lower end `of the'wedge B, and, due to the camming or wedge action of the faces 22, the wedge B will be pulled downwardly through the recess 16, thus forcing the jaw 18 and the hook 15' more tightly against the rail base. v

Although I have 'p herein shown and described what I now consider the preferred manner of carrying out my invention, the same is merely illustrative and I contemplate all changes and modifications that come-within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. In a rail anchor, the combination with two relatively movable members having rail gripping means thereon of a tie engaging `element having cooperating Wedge acting meansthereon for forcing the gripping means into intimate .contact With the rail base.

3. In a yrail anchor, the combination With a member having a rail gripping means at one end; of a second member having a railgrip- .ping means at one end, .said first and second :na-med members having cooperating vertically arranged Wedge faces thereon, and said second .named member having also arranged at the end opposite to the gripping means a .horizontally7 arranged Wedge face thereon, and a'tie engaging block, having means :thereon coacting With said horizontally arranged Wedge face for forcing the vrail gripping means into intimate contact with lfthe rail base.

4. In a rail anchor, the combination With relatively movable rail gripping members, one of 'said members having longitudinally and transversely extending Wedge faces, said longitudinally extending Wedge face coacting With the other gripping member to Aforce said members against the rail base; of a tie engaging element having means thereyon coacting With said transversely extending Wedge face for forcing the gripping elements into firm clamping engagement -ivith the rail base. y

A rail anchor, comprising a cross piece havinga -rail engaging hook at one end and -a tapering opening yatt-he other end, a Wedge -member adapted to be forced into said opening, said Wedge member having a rail engaging hoolrat one end and laterally project-ing vlihi-gs at the other end, said lugs being provided with iipper Wedge faces, and

4a slotted heel block having fianges adapted to extend 'over said lugs and engage said -Wedge faces, thereby `forcing said hooked end of the Wedge member toward said cross piece as the heel block is forced onto the lugs of said Wedge member.

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6. A rail anchor comprising a cross piece having rail engaging means at one end, a Wedge member adapted to coact with the opposite end of said cross piece; said Wedgel member having rail engaging means at oneV rand, Jand a heel block having means thereon.

coacting With the other end of said Wedge member to force the rail engaging end toward `the cross piece.

7. A rail anchor comprising a rail engaging member, a rail engaging Wedge, and a tie engaging element having means thereon coacting With the Wedge to lock the rail engaging member and the Wedge to-a rail.

8. In combination vvitli a rail, a rail anchor comprising a member having means at one end engaging the ripper and lower siirfaces of the rail base, said member having a Wedge face at the other end, a Wedge elenient coacting With said .Wedge face, said Wedge element having means at one end engaging the upper surface of said rail. and a Wedge face at the other end, and a block having means thereon coacting with the Wedge at the end of said element to move said element relatively to said member as the block is forced into engagement With said element, thereby forcing the engaging of said element and member into intimate contact with said rail base.

9. In combination With a 'rail having a base, a rail anchor comprising'a member having a rail base engaging hookat one end, a Wedge coacting with the opposite end of said member to force the hook into intimate contact With the rail base, said Wedge also having a rail base engaging hook atone end, and a block having means thereon coacting with the other end of the Wedge to move the wedge relatively to said member to force both of said hooks into intimate contact with said rail base.

10. In a rail anchor, the combination With a cross piece having a hook at one endV and provided with avertically extending tapered recess extending through the other end; of a hook element having a tapering shank adapted to engage Within saidreces's and having its free end -projectingbeyond said cross piece; and a block having means thereon adapted to engage said projecting end to pull the said tapered shank through said recess, thereby forcing said Vhooks toward each other.

11. VIn a rail ano-hor, the combination with a cross piece having a rail base engaging hook at one end and provided with avertically tapered recess extending therethrough at the other end, a Wedge element having a tapering shank adapted to be -received Within said recess, said element having a lateral rail engaging projectionat one end.'

12. In a rail anchor, the combination with a cross piece having a rail engaging hook at one end and provided with a vertically extending tapering recess at the other endg; a Wedge element having a shank received Within said recess and a rail base engaging jaw laterally projecting therefrom, and a heel block detachably connected with the free end of said wedge element.

13. In a rail anchor, the combination with Aa member having means for engaging one edge of a rail base; of a second member having means for engaging the opposite edge o'l the rail base, said members being adapted to be assembled by relative movement in a direction perpendicular to the rail base and provided With co-operating means urging the same toward each other when assembled; and a tie-engaging member having means thereon cooperable With one of said rst named members arranged to urge the latter and said tie-engaging member in a direction vertically toward each other when asserrk bled.

14. A rail anchor comprisin three elements, tWo of said elements having portions three elements so arranged that, upon assem` bling of the tie-engaging element With the other elements, the rail-engaging elements grip the rail base in a Vertical direction. y

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 20th day of Sept., 1922.

HARLEY E. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

UNA C. GRIGSBY, ANN BAKER. 

